+<p>Depending on your Windows version, at least two ways of identifying your boot mode exist. The first method, <a href="#msinfo32">using the Windows <tt>msinfo32</tt> tool,</a> works in Windows 8 and later, and is likely to be more reliable. The second method, <a href="#parttable">checking your partition table,</a> works in any version of Windows but can be tricky or misleading, particularly if your computer has multiple hard disks.</p>\r
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+<a name="msinfo32"><h3>Using System Information</h3></a>\r
+\r
+<p>To use System Information to identify your boot mode, follow these steps:</p>\r
+\r
+<ol>\r
+\r
+<li>Press Win+R to open the Run dialog box.</li>\r
+\r
+<li>Type <tt class="userinput">msinfo32</tt> into the Open field in this box and click OK. The System Information dialog box appears, as shown here:</li>\r
+\r
+ <br /><img src="msinfo32.png" align="center" width="761" height="511"\r
+ alt="The msinfo32 program provides information about your computer,\r
+ including its boot mode." border=2> <br />\r
+\r
+<li>Locate the OS Mode line in the list of information. (This line is highlighted in the above figure.)</li>\r